One woman injured after texting and driving wreck

A 70-year-old woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday after a driver admitted to texting and driving.

Martha Wages of Stuttgart was traveling east on East 22nd Street in her 2006 Chrysler at 3:26 p.m. when she hit Shannon Montgomery, 41, of Humphrey who ran a red light at the intersection with South Park Avenue. Montgomery was driving a 1996 Buick.

“She was texting and driving and didn’t see that the light was red on her side,” Stuttgart Police Department Ptl. Jessica McSwain wrote in the Arkansas Motor Vehicle Crash Report Monday.

Southern Paramedic Services arrived on the scene at 3:30 p.m. and transported Wages to Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart for her injuries.

Total damages to Wages vehicle were estimated at $10,000 while Montgomery’s was $8,000.

Montgomery is facing careless and prohibited driving and running a red light citations, according to the report.